The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-29 00:00:00

much the . y' can outrag e propriety.hv teersteppilig duty- P su' ch handS, is the gleatest - curse which Society can area . 4 —being invariably employed to the prejud' Ice of , e Weak, while it crouches before the SCOM t u l repr ; oLdition of the strong. N o oug ht to , man be r 4 1 trtists',.sl with the sweets of power...wha wants dis ation t o 'ell& them. The interests of society demand lit petty tyrants he curbed from running riot in their !might; and protected against the injurious conse =quences resulting from lawless seta in the persons of :those ordained for the due and discreet adinini. stration..of justice: - Our laws are but mere cobwebs if every expounder' of them, is at liberty not only to interpret them in bis own 'way, but to act upon that interpretation.;hOWever contrary to their spirit and me a ni ng , or subriersive ,of their tendency And in stitution. And y e t, what daily prooTs occur of such partial and incor.isistent conduct in the diversified prac tice of those, who administer our. 'laws—from the Justice to 'the Juror—from the Coroner to the Con stable ! T his propensity to overstep the bounds of t'heir orief authority," is observed to be greater, in propor tion to the humility of the situation, as poiion is -sai.d to be rankest in diminutive reptiles. 'in another part of our Paper will be found a case 'perfectly illustrative of this dogmatic abuse of power, y Mr. HAND, a Coroner in Staffordshire, who em -, pannelled a Jury, but would not suffer them to take notes of the evidence ! Why, he might as well have asked them to read while he blindfolded their eyes. But such is the absurdity to which some men will go . : nothing excites ttseir admiration so much as the wisdom of their own ae.ts, just as the stag wonders at the superlative beauty 0 0'1s head mirrored in the waters. This Coroner it seems did not act in his own jurisdiction, but was eftiled in to officiate in another s, and like a true Swiss, carried his prejudices along with him. It happened that one of the jury was the Editor of a Newspaper, and began, as a matter of course, to take notes of the evidence adduced beibre him, in order to a more per fect understanding of the matter ; but the worthy Co . rontr r actually forb a d hi m so to d o . I t was in vain to ask the reason for Such interdiction, and probably this borrowed DANIEL did not know himself, unless he wished to impress them with the truth of the adage, better the devil you know, than the devil you do not know." .But we ask, what right had the Coroner to prevent a Juror from taking notes ? Was he afraid the Juror could not take them correctly, or did he wish to monopolise all the learning in his own person ? Verily, it is a dangerous thing to set up men to expound the laws before they have learnt to read them., A Coroner's Court is an open one—as much so .as' the situation in which the casualty happens. But ad mitting that it were a court of secret inquiry, is it not "'oestrous to adopt the farce of swearing a jury to give a true verdict, if they are not allowed the means for comprehending the evidence ? How, in a case of contradictory testimony, is a juror to compare the statemetnts of both sides unless he is allowed to note their variation ? If truth be worth knowing, that man is a knave who prevents the means of knowledge. It is mockery to insult us with the theoretical blessings, of our free institutions if they are to be turned into, wormwood and . bitterness in the practice, by unworthy //aids administering the draught. .Let us hope, that 4 14 there is a higher tribunal at whiCh those who offend 'the laws must answer, that they who wilfully pervert !their application, whether from ignorance or malice, may be, compelled to answer for their misconduct, and punished according to their deserts. One word as to t h e r i g h t o f report i ng . Th e pub lic hav e an undoubted right to be present in all Courts of Justice. Now, a, Coroner's Court is either open, or it i 8 H ot. That it is an open Court is clear from the pre sence O f a Jury; and it is equally clear, that a Coroner has 110 pow er w i t h out t h e a ut h or i ty of a Jury. What ab "lity is it then for a Coroner to monopolise in his oivo perso n the rights of the public generally ! Where a paitio n of the public have aright to be present, the whole body have, provided the space be sufficiently large to contain them; but as that is neither possible nor desirable f 6 use f ul purposes, the reporters act as the represen tatives of the public. Those who visit a Court on business, :or from ' • curiosity, naturally tell what they have seen. or heard and stori • es commonly gain or lose somethin g in the repetition, from the fancy or misapprehension of the parties. it often hap • pens that things are misrepresented, and the ' ; proportion to the number of times the st is 'Dr yretailed, as .the stream becomes less pure the farther it proceeds from its source. But the public are enabled by an honest repprt, to drink at the fountain head, and no person cab entertain a reasonable objection to a faithful report being given, who has not some interested motive for its mipßession, or in a perveraion of the facts of the case. The Judge, if conscious of his-own rectitude, would rather court. publicity thanihtin ii, and if he objects to faithful report of the proceedings it' istronger argument onl y a argument for their publication, in order th at if any thi n is Wrong it ma y undergo the salutary consi derst ; ' ton of public opinion, which has always a corre • ante tendency. On the other hand, there may he things which ought not to meet th e public ey e p , eithe r i n their progress or compl e ti on, but thereporters invariably exercise due discretion in such case,, and if they ,N... 11.. 11 y,m.srepresent facts, they are suff icientl lit y amenabl e t o th e l a ws. W e say , t h en, reporters hav e fair playlet them not have a b sur d s h. „ suierea throw n in their way, when honestly perform- ing their duty, and then visit them for transgressions consequent upon these obstacles. No man, conscious pf his olktn integrity, can have any honest objection to the truth being told, and it is the interest of the public that falsehood should be exposed. 'TERMINATION of the BURMESE WAR. An, overland dispatch has been received by his Majesty's Government, from Bengal, dated Calcutta, April 'lth, via Bombay and. Constantinople. ;The Treaty of Peace between the Burmese and the English was ra tifi e d on t h e 24th February, upon the conditions of *the Preliminary Treaty. The army wider Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL had returned to Rangoon, and Sir ARCIIIBALD CAMPBELL was proceeding to Calcutta, on his return. THE FUNDS. CITY, Twelve o' Clock. This being settling day in the British Funds, the chief business of the Brokers has been in making up their accounts ; Consols opened this morning at 78 4, and have been done at '794 ; and for October account, at 794; they have since receded to 79, hut an new '79/ 4; the market remaining in a feverish state.. In the Foreign Funds, Mexican Bonds have again been distinguished for the heavy fluctuations that have taken place ; they were done in the course of yesterday at 53, closed at th e en d o f th e d ay at 50 , hut have this morn i ng fallen to 484 4 ; Colombian are 38 1. The Share-Market is worse, with few transactions ; Anglo Mexican, 50 55 dis. ; United Mexican, 124 114 die. ; Brazil Mines, 91 pm. India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 24 6 pm. • Exchequer Bill s , 17 19 pm. Folmar; Fuxus.—Brazilian, 61i 21; Buenos Ayres, 51 3; Chilian, 39 41 ; Colombian, 1924, 3 . 31 4; Mexican 5 per Cent., 39 41 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 481 9 ; Greek, 134 14; Russian, 844 4; Portuguese, 71124; Danish, 571; Spanish, 94 l Mtirce.—Anglo Mexican, 50 die. ; United Mexican, 121 111 die. ; Pasco Peruvian, 11 10 die. ; Tlalpuxahua, 10 20 pm. ; Brazilian, 94 10 pm. ; Castello, 11 die. ; Colombian, 2 3 per Share. SHARES.—Alliance Fire and Life, 6f 7 per Share; Ditto Marine, 3f 4 per Share; British Iron Company, 27 6 die. ; Weich•lron and Coal, 18 16 die. Two o'clock. ' Consols have been 791-4, but are now 794 for the October account; New 4 per Cent, 941- 5 ; India Bonds, 25 6 ; chequer Bills 17 19 pm. ; Mexican B on d s , 494 ; C o l ombian ag 4. THREE 0' CL CK. 3 per Cent. Consols, 791 f. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYDS'.—(Tms DAT.) DEAL, Auc. 28.—Arrived and sailed for Loudon, the Topa:, Stanger, from Antigua ; Coquette, Spencer, from the South Seas; Sarah, Benson, from Quebec ; William Manning, Smith, from St. Kitts, and the Hero, from Trinidad. An' American ship from the westward for the River pasted this horning, letter Bon her foretopsail. The Coquette spoke His Majesty's Surveying ships Adventure and Beagle, on the 4th July, in lat. 7. 53. long. 21. SC W. bound to the rout of Patagonia and Terra del Fuega, all well. PENZANCE, AUG. 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Great fears are en tertained for the safety of the Scilly Packet Lord 'Wellington, Capt. Hicks, (not the one conveying the mail), she sailed from hence yesterday inorning, and the wind, which was then a fresh gale at S.S.E., shifted to S.S.W. and S.W. with increased vio lence. This morning her boat, with two oars, the Captain's hat, iind a female passenger's bonnet, have been washed on shore at the Lands' End. The Hall, Clark, horn Jamaica, has arrived off Liverpool. Extract of a letter from the Agent at Lloyd's, at Monte Video, dated June 28 : " The William Henry, of London; Monarch, Ann, and Stag, from, Liverpool ; lately sent in here for breaking the blockade, sailed, 19th instant, for Rio Janeiro, where their fate is to be de cided. The Ann has put back, on account (ai it is reported) of the Prize Master not being able to navigate her." SURREY SESSIONS.—(This DAY.) The Chairman, Mr. Haauaa, arrived at twenty minutes to ten o'clock, and waited with anxiety for another Magistrate, to form a bench ; but eleven o'clock arrived before any other made his appearance. The prisoners and prosecutors looked at each other with an expression of countenance bordering on despair, and one of the jurymen taking up his hat, observing that " he would return in the afternoon." The jocose tone with which this was uttered, excited the risibility of all present. At length they were relieved by the entrance of the Chairman, followed by Major King, at nearly twelve o'clock, when business immediately commenced. John Wiffin was charged with feloniously stealing an iron pin and screw belonging to a vice. Francis Mathew, the prosecutor, deposed, that he was a cooper, and on the 4th of last August he left his shop, and in the morning he missed the screw in question, and went tollyers the officer, and to several persons who bought old iron, to tell them to stop it if offered for sale. Noakes--I keep a fancy shop, that is, a shop for sell ing birds, rabbits, &c. CHAIRMAN—You sometimes fancy old iron too, do you not? Witness...." I fancied that:" He then proved having bought it of the prisoner. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy on account of his having a wife, and a child two days old, when the crime was committed. He was sentenced to two months hard labour at Guildford. Elizabeth Lyons was charged by Samuel Byford; a hardy looking weather-beaten sailor, with robbing him of his watch, at a house of ill fame in Kent -street. Samuel Byford—" I atn a mariner ; I was in the Borough on the Ist of August, and saw the girl at the bar near St. George's Church; she asked me to go home with her, which I consented to, and accompanied her to a house in Kent-street."---(Here he related sonic particulars which occurred previous to his missing his watch.) He 'then continued, I missed my watch, which I am certain was in my fob ; it was a silver watch. She asked me if she should fetch some porter; I then charged her with stealing the latch, but she denied it, (at this moment, the prisoner, with a polite sort of bowto the witness, coolly told hint 'f he was a liar")_ witness continued I sent fOr a constable, who searched, and found the Watch upon her, I am certain this is the watch,— Kirby, the constable, then stated, that he was sent for by the prosecutor, and searched the prisoner ; he could not find the watch in searching her clothes, but foundit between the heir of her head and her cap; she then said, that the sailor had given it to her, hut he declared that he had not. He was as sober then as he is now. The prisoner made a very ingenuous defence, in which she stated that she had gone home with the prosecutor at his own re quest. He assaulted her ; she made an outcry, and be then gave her the watch to be silent. On her reftising to return it,. he sent fur a constable, and gave her M. charge, but she was quite innocent. The CHailisiati, in summing up, remarked that she had made a clever defence, in which they had her own stat emen t, but it was unsuppo r t e d b y any ev id enc e. 'On the other aide, the prosecutor thhey adbolvuogrinatthoateisvheemhnoadttcarkeednito. it, and the constable proved having found it on . her person ; and be left it to their judgment, which The jury, after a short hesitation, found a verdict of Not Guilty! t I i T ug he e c n:rtai I ) aniNELN (doubtingly.)—Did I understand your verdict The en A i ti a t m g 4 tlilty to 8 not gu il ty? Wined of hi s be' The Fore roan seemed struck with astonishment at any doubt. a few secon ds , lug himself for of sa h g av ac in itY ;it an in d h al :: the person, : 1 re plied, " We find her not guilty of stealing from r h i a . l74l. ll:sect. j future conduct. )1 ' in acquitting her, cautioned her u to her POLIC EINTELLIGENCE. MANSION-lIOUSE(TuIS DAT* ) ' Tits REAL tEL MONTX MISR. 717ie skeerebey, an d som e the Directors of the Real del 11Ionte Mining Company , came before the Loan Mavon to contradict the. statement made respecting their concern, by the workman named Dobel, who bad applied fur re d ress aga i nst t h em, The statement of the Directors was v duced do cuments to s h ow that ery long. They pro- Dube] had never been within two hundred miles of the mine ; th at . he hart i n a tetra, intoxication got his scull fractured at the Island of Madeira, and when they landed at Tanipico his habits of drunken , Thu occasioned his being sent back: They denied positively, by any et their men a l b een lc 1 the natives, or that any ett of the natives had been drowned by the breaking in of the water. No water had broken in. A set of nitre blacks, with white turbans on their heads, *ere brought before the Lord Mayor on a charge: of having created an obstruction iu th e s t ree t b y col l ect i ng a crow d. ' The officers found them moving, with a crowd of two or three hundred persons after them. The blacks were decorated with placards, describing the attractions of an American Giantess, who, it was said, is only 18 years of age, and is already upwards of beven feet high. The placards represented that the exhibition was under the patronage of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Brown; the. Marahall, said, that although his Lordship had patronized the exhibition, yet the officers conceived, that he could not have sanctioned the mode of proceeding by parading such a phalanx about the streets. The Loan MAYOR. that whether the men were blacks or whites, he should.not permit them to obstruct the streets. He had consented to the exhibition, but he could not permit such a mode of advertizing, nor would he permit any of these walking placards when they cr ea t e d an o b struct i on. Upon the assura ce o f M r. Tadman, that this mode of proceed ing, by marching ran k an d fi le, of show-men, t h roug h the s t reets , should not be conti nue d —t h e blacks were discharged. CITY Ptcxrocxxvs.--The City h as been, GUILDHALL .— (T urs D a y). for a length of time, infested with a ga ng o f young vagabonds, w h o d art on a l mos t every person's pocket, and plunder it of its contents; and although the Officers, with their well-known vigilance, are continually on the alert, they seldom or ever succeed so as to bring them to justice. This morning a well-known character, named Sullivan, was brought before Mr. Alderman Baowis, charged with extracting a silk pocket handkerchief from Mr. Richards, an ironmonger. in Upper Thames-street, as he was passing along Holborn last night, about half-past eight o'clock. The case was fully made out, and the prisoner was committed. Another fellow, named James Read, was remanded for picking the pocket of a gentleman named Stringer, belonging to the Bank of England, a night or two ago, of his pocket handkerchief, also on Holhorn-hill, The gentleman not being in attendance, a summons was issued to procure it. BOW.:STREET—Cimis Dar.! Several unfortunate girls were hi - Might up by the watchman for misconduct in the streets last night. One of them, seemingly about thirteen years old, told the watchman, on taking her to the watchhouse for making use of obscene language, that she did not care a pin about him, the utmost he could do was to send her for a month to Brixten, where she bad been sent a dozen times before ; after the watchman had stated these facts, and also the unmen tionable language which she made use of, the prisoner admitted that she had made use of the words she was charged with. Mr. Mixsuut.l.---Then you must go to the House of Correc.. tion for a month. Prisoner—(Alaking a low curtsey), replied, thank you, Sir, and retired, quite happy in anticipation of the pleasures of the treadmill. Samuel Meade was charged by Elizabeth Tenant, with having stolen a silver watch of the value of three pounds. The prosecu triz stated, that she resided at llammersmith, where her husband kept an ironmonger's shop. About one o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday, she went to the back-yard, to fetch some water, and on her return she saw the prisoner going out of the hack-par lour. She immediately cried out "thief, thief!" whereupon the priSoner ran off, and on being pursued by several of the neigh bours, she saw him fling the watch which was produced into the garden ; it was her husband's watch, and had been hanging over the fire-place in the back parlour. This statement having been corroborated by two other witnesses, the prisoner was asked if he bad any thing to say in reply ; lie answered that he knew nothing abOut it ; whereupon he was committed. for trial. MARYLEBONE.—(THis Dar.) Julius Guar (called by the watchman Juliet Seaser), a man of colour, was brought forward on a charge of intoxication. The watchman stated that he found the prisoner lying dead drunk upon the pavement about 11 o'clock last night• The prisoner, upon being asked who he was, said, in a tone far from dictatorial, that he came from Arbroath, and that he is at present in the service of General Russel, in George-street. Ha was taking a drappy last night, and in the course of the evening fell in with some girls, who kindly robbed him of some money and his breast-pin. Mr. Gnirerrit, after having admonished prisoner to abstain from getting drunk in future, said that he thought he was punished severely enough by his finale friend, and discharged him.— C;esar then thanked his Worship, bowed, and mink his exit. Thomas Wiltshire was charged by William Stock*, atone monger, 12H, Edgeware-road, with theft, The complainant stated, that he took the prisoner into his service about a fort night ago; on. , the evening of Tharaday last, he saw a shilling lying below the counter, and in the morning it was gone; he observed the sane on Friday 'evening, and on Saturday morning it was also gone ; he missed eighteen-pence yesterday morning, and suspecting the pri soner, he sent for a watchman, who accordingly came but refused to search the prisoner. He then sent for a police-officer, but upon the message being given, prisoner delivered two shillings to lings were produced. • Charles Barker, 129, Edgware-road, said that the complainant stated to him last week, that he suspected the prisoner was guilty of stealing the money, upon which witness recommended him to put a particular mark upon some shillings; witness accordingly marked twenty shillings, with the letters C. and two crosses. the complainant, and said that was all he had stolen. The two shit= The two shillings now produced bear these marks. The prisoner had nothing to say for himself, and was of course fully committed. , QUEEN-SQUARE.—(Txts Dal•.) Jaris Graham, a girl about 17 years of age, was charged with having obtained, under a false pretence, one sheet and two gowns, the property of a Mr. Hatchard. The prisoner had gone to the house of Mr. Ilatchird, and asked the servant girl for the linen, saying her mother sent her—she accordingly gave her the above articles ; but instead of the prisoner taking them home she pledged the property at a pawnbroker's. The mother of the girl said she did not send her daughter to Mr. Hatchard's house, neither had she resided with her for some days past. The prisoner declined saying any thing in her defence, and she was ordered to be remanded for further examination. HATTON-GARDEN.—(Tros DAY. ) Tni FEMALZ CLus.—Mrs. Mary Jones and Mrs. Sarah Wood, two respectable looking matrons, the co.stewardesses of a club called " The Sisters of. Friendship," were brought before Mr. Sergeant Su.t.ott, to show cause why they scratched Mrs. Jane Roberts, one of the sisterhood. The complainant, in stating her case, took some pains to ex plain the meaning of the word scratch; it should not be construed into any act of personal violence, though scratching and biting were sometimes favourite modes of attack amongst the softer sex ; but in the present instance scratch was to erase from the books of the Society. Mrs. Roberta went on to say that she had been paying into the Society for several years, awl, although she was one of the oldest members, the Stewsrdesses thought proper to fine her les., which she refusing to pay, they took upon them to scratch her off the Society's books. Mrs. Jones, the senior Stewardess, attempted to justify the de cision. She was in the chair on the night that it was levied, and she never saw more gross impropriety than what Mr.. Roberts manifested on the occasion. " I'll assure your Worship that she was most shameful intosticated, and she would not let one living soul talk but herself." Sergeant Stu,ms—l suppose you were all talking together? Mrs. Jones —Oh dear no, Sir I was calling " silence" till I was hoarse again. Sergeant Stra.osi—Will you let me bee the rules? Mrs. have added— Jones —Here they are, Sir, if you plea se ; an d she might " Order, order, and sobriety, Are the rules of onr society, Let hid Worship read them out ;" For hi s W ors hi p did read them out, and with all due emphasis Any member, who apelike out of her turn shall forfeit three yence.—Any member who speaks after being called to order by the Chairwoman, or Stewardesses, shall forfeit sixpence. —Any member fighting in the room, shell forfeit two shillings and six ',,..nee,—,Any member coining three times d run k i nto the club room, shall f orfeit ten shillings,---Any member refusing to pay fines, shall be expelled by majority of vows. It appeared, however, that in the present instance, the Stew sidesaes had dispensed with the arbitration, eh.use, and set in judgment on the delinquent themselves, without giving her the benefit of trial by jury. sergeant Senior would not sanction this proeeeding,• and or dered the complaiuitut to he restored to all the privileges, rights, d immunities of the Society, with which order the - Stewardeesies ieluctandy promised to comply. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Duke of York drove out in his cabriolet yester day morning for near two hours, to take his usual daily airing. His Royal Highness inspected the new building erected in the King's Palace, St. James's, for his future residence, drove up Constitution Hill, &c. Sir Herbert Taylor, his Boyal Highness's Military Secretary, and Sir Willoughby Gordon, Quarter- Master-General, transacted official business with the Royal Duke yesterday morning. Sir Henry Halford and Mr. M'Gregor, Sergeant- Surgeon to the King, visited his Royal Highness ,yesterday afternoon. Soon after attending the Royal Duke, Sir Henry left town on a visit to his Majesty at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park. Mr. Secretary Canning arrived at his residence in Downing-street yesterday afternoon, from Brighton. Earl Bathurst also arrived in town yesterday. Mr. Secretary Peel was expected to arrive yesterday evening from 'Broadstairs, and the Earl of Liverpool was also expected in town yesterday evening. Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Office from the Earl of Clanwilliam, our Ambassador at Berlin. The Marquis of Chandos dined on Saturday se'n night at. Buckingham with the Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the neighbourhood, pursuant to invita tion—upwards of 150 were present. On Thursday the Noble Marquis also dined at High Wycombe with about 100 Freeholders ; and has accepted an in vitation to dine with the Freeholders of Marlow. Joseph Hume, Esq. M. P., late Lord Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen, has procured and pre sented to the College Library there the Journals of the House of Commons from 1547 to 1825 ; the ge neral Index to the Journals (except one voltune, which is out of print); the Reports of the House from 1715 to 1802 ; with the general Index to the Reports ; making in all 102 volumes folio, in sheets. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) Nothing can be well more contradictory than the intel ligence which has reached us since our last, as to the state of the potatoe crop, that upon which, for the present, all our anxiety is fixed. We have had for the last two days very heavy rain in this city and its vicinity, and we under stand that it has extended through a very considerable space. That it will save the poor from absolute famine, we are willing to hope—but it is well known that as the early crop of potatoes have been a partial failure, the poor people in several instances were compelled to recur to the other, long before they were in a fit state for consump tion. Added 'to this, the stalks in several instances are burnt up, and, as it were, consumed by the sun, so that there is littl e c h ance th at t h e ra i ns whi c h we ive had will service them. One thing, however, we believe, is tolerably certain,• that we shall have a tolerably good )10.owth of after.grass—and that there will be sufficient keep for the cattle. With regard to the fever-famine, the exertions of the A uthorities and of the Committees of different charitable associations, are exerting themselves with great vigour— but the malady is rapidly increasing, although it is, as yet, a fever of the mildest type ever remembered in Dublin. Dysentery, however, is becoming more general. PAROCHIAL CATHOLIC MEETINGS.—SeveraI parishes in the county of Waterford have already assembled and come to resolutions. By the following letter it will he seen, that the county of Mayo has been by no means back ward—thanks to the excellent and active Catholic Arch bishop of that Diocese, as well as to Mr. Eneas Macdon nell, whose speech at the Abbey Meeting in Mayo has re cently appeared in this Journal, and which speech, we still hope to read in a less perishable form. in Dublin, St. Andeon's Parish has commenced, and it will no doubt be followed by the remainder. We entreat most partien arly that the petitions may be ready for signature, and confided with the least possible delay to the Members,' who will undertake their presentation. FAMINE—FEVER. (From the Dublin Patriot.) On inquiry into the measures taken in order to prevent the spreading of this alarming contagion, we learn that the Committee for the relief of the distressed manufacturers have been most active in the Liberty, by employing the poor operatives in this duty; from the 26th of May up to Saturday last, there were as follows : , Fifty-four streets and lanes, containing 1,170 rears of houses, cleansed and re-cleansed; 987 houses, containing 3,847 rooms, besides the halls, stair-cases, entries and yards—whitewashed, and thoroughly cleansed by scouring. The number of persons employed in this work on Sa turday, were as follows : IRO men, weavers, IMO women, ditto, 36 boys, ditto. 466 persons. The Coroner's investigation at Mullinger, has issued in the following extraordinary verdict :--- " We find the deceased body, Ferdinand Rafferty, cams by his death by a retention of urine, he having received a blow of a stick on the side, from Joseph M. Daly, Esq., on the 28th of June last." AFFRAY AT DONNYROOK. Two men Were severely beaten at - Don n ybrook Fair on Thursday night. One of them, named John Murphy, a labourer, while lying in a state of intoxication, had his skull fractured with the blow a spade. The unfortu nate man has been removed to Mercer's Hospital. The brain had been exposed where the fracture occurred, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. The affray in which this unfortunate man received his death-blow, originated between two parties in one of the tents, relative to priority at a dance. One party insisted on their right of precedence, because they had paid the music money ; the 'otber contended upon their paramount claim, being in possession of the field. From words they came to blows, and a man named Breen hit one of the opposite party, -whose name is Connor, with a quart. A scuffle ensued—the candles were put out, and in the affray the skull of Murphy, who, it appears, is Connor's father in-law, who was lying in the corner of the tent in a state o f i ntox i cat i on , was cleft open by a spade. Several of the persons engaged in this affray have been taken up, and the Magistrates of College-street , Police-office w ere occupied several hours yesterday in investigating the uponalat o struck Bren, who is in cust o dy, Murphy with th e t having er.— S s e p e i t c t i oti the e lies pe ial rs.olenn who spade, but no direct evidence of the fact has been produced. James Moore and Francis Brien have been appre hended, and committed to Newgate, charged with being concerned in this outrage. Four min, James, Francis, and Patrick Toole, and Martin Redmond, were taken last night, and Committed for being concerned in this offence.. NEWSPAPERS...-POPULATION. I n 1750 there were but seven . papers in the United States; in 1810 there were 359, including 25 published d a ily; which circulated 22,200,000 copies annually. In 1823 they had increased in number to 638, and are now about 640, and the extent of copies circulated in the year, exceeds thirty millions! In the British Isles, in 1821, with •20 millions of 234, and th e co pi es published in a year 23 " millions. peo ple,, the number of n ewspapers was The whole of continent a l Europe, containing 160 mil lions of inhabitants, does riot support. half the number of newspapers now in existenc e i n t h e U n i te d S tates . "rtne dto be CRA.NIOT.OGY. We stop the Press to insert the following important communication from our friend Mr. Paul Pry, which, owing to some delay on the road, has only just come to hand t--- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. MY DEAR MR. EDITOR.—"I hope I don't intrude ; " havihg dropped in on a friend in the country, 'yesterday, who takes in The News, on 'Sundays, and the SUM, the rest of the week, I found, by a paragraph, in I scarcely remember which, that the Craniologist had been at work on the skulls of the M'Keans; and had (of course) disco vered the organs of destructiveness and combativeness, and divers other organs, all (also of course) very strongly developed, which has induced the to trouble you with this comntunication. There are a set of curmudgeons, Mr. Editor, who con \tend, " there is nothing new under the Sun." I, however, have some thing new to communicate, quite confidential, —though you are at liberty to make any use of it you may think proper. Mr. Editor, the fact is,--I havehecome a Craniologist!! —have studied Gall and Spuraheini, with infinite ardour and success, and, to finish my craniological studies, just dropped in at the lectures of your worthy neighbour, Mr. De Ville, which are equally deserving of attention, whe ther he believes in their doctrines, or whether be does not. My labours; however, have been crowned by suc cess, far exceeding my expectations, since I have fortu nately been able to extend the boundaries of phrenological science, by the discovery of a new and most important organ, which, as every thing must have a name, I have named the organ of " Humbuggeduess." The word may seem a little awkward and ill-shapen, but so is the organ; the term, however, is perfectly Craniological, and, though I can venture to assert, from actual observation, that no organ is more extensively developed among mankind, at large, than the one I have newly discovered, yet, in can dour, I am bound to deOare, that in no class does it ap pear so strongly developed, as among the Craniologists themselves; unless, indeed, it be among the gentlemen belonging to the Mining Companies. I have not failed just to drop in at all the Mining meet ings, for the purpose of making CraniologiCal Observations, and have been rather anxious for an opportunity to tyke •an observation on the sconce of Mr. Willis; but be has been rather scarce of late, and the only occasion on which I believe he appeared, I was unfortunately too late, by a second,—however, when the Honourable Member takes his seat, I shall certainly just drop in, at the House, and let you know the result. I am induced to imagine, in this case, that the new organ must he developed in an inverse order to what it appears in other persons. The laws of Craniology, how ever, are so capricious, that I should be Sorry to express any decided opinion without actual observation. What I have just hinted, however, inay serve to show the intimate connexion between the kindred sciences of Craniology and Logic. In our younger days, Mr. Editor, we heard the cry of old Jack Wilke and Number 45 ; but I was told, at one of the Mining Meetings, by a long-visaged gentleman, in whom the new organ was finally developed, that the fa vourite number of the modern 'Mr. Wilke is " number one,"---a modest as well as singular number; and there can be no doubt that Mr. Wilb's " number one" is a sin gularly modest sort of unit. By the bye, can you inform me whether or not Mr. Manners Sutton hat) the organ of " expulsivinees" very strongly developed ? The wig he wore as Speaker presented a great impediment to Cra niological observation; and, since the dissolution, I have not been able conveniently to drop in upon him in any other quarter. I should be sorry to intrude, but the next vacancy for Sudbury I shall certainly just drop in at the election, and if the worthy and independent electors should return me their representative, what a field will be open to Craniology and to Paul. Pry! ! Joseph Hume is a very active, ingenious, inquisitive sort of gentleman ; but if Paid Pry just drops in for a seat for Sudbury, Joseph Hume will soon find his seat for Montrose a 'sinecure.— The Public may, and I believe do, rely on me, and so may you, Mr. Editor, since, though I hope I don't intrude, I assure you I sin very faithfully yours, PAUL PRY. Monday Evening.—(Forwarded by Express). • GAZETTE.—This term for a newspaper is derived from an ancient Italian coin, called a gazet, the value of which was almost a penny, ten of them making a livre, or nine . pence. Newspapers, being originally sold for that piece of money, are thus said to have ac quired their present name of Gazettes. It is now decided that Archdeacon Torrens will be elevated to the Episcopal dignity, in ,conseguenoe of the vacancy in the Irish Hierarchy, c ause d by t h e death of the Bishop of Cloyne. Archdeacon Torrens is brcither of the lion. Judge 'roams, and Sir Henry Torrens, Adjutant-General of the Forces. The Bishop of Limerick will be translated to the vacant See of Cloyne, and will be succeeded by Archdeacon Torrens.—Southern Reporter. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, Alia. 28. The attendance of the nobility at the room was very great, in deed there was a greater number of subscribers (including many from the North) present than we have seen for some xvoiks. The betting was exceedingly heavy, producing some alterations of importance. Bed!unite kft off in much higher favour than at our last quotation, '7 to 1 being taken, owing, we are credibly informed to his having had a sweat on S;atunlay last, which proved him to be all right ; Belzoni, in consequence, is a shade lower in the odds. The Dragon was backed to a very heavy amount, at 13 to 1, but, at the close of tho room,'at six o'clock, It to 1 was the current betting ; Shortwaist also got up, 20 to / being taken. The general odds are as under : T. 5 to 2 apt Belzoni (taken) 13 to I apt Crusader 7 to 2 mist Bentonite (taken) 20 to 1 &sot Shortwalst (taken) 10 to 1 apt. Mulatto 25 to 1 apt Tarrare 13 to 1 cut Pant Pry AI to 1 apt The Utnoral Even hetet-en Paul Pry and Crusader. No others rrietitioneti. ROYAL VACIW CLUB. Cowls, Ave. *7.—The inhabitants of Cowes, sensible of the great benefits they have derived from the Royal Yacht Chili, mare especially so from having made this port their headinarters, have determined an giving a handsome and appropriately °roe. merited gold cup, of the value of 100 guineas, to be sailed for by vessels of the Royal Yacht Club, on the 21st of September. A large assemblage of the finest and first class yachts will take place on the occasion.---This valuable and rational institution it daily gaining ground ; for, exclusive of the annual Regatta held at Cowes, almost every port coaetways has now its annual re gatta of some porter other ; and on Tuesday next that of Wey mouth will take pl ace ; w h en a handsome silver Cup will he sailed pfairibbliye t a l i p e pro fit ba st t t i . t l , a n as w r il el b i e ts a ; w a a n rd d e o d th to er t zp i ro n f e ri no at i e , tzt s in e r . niee li t i l e f Regatta of Dartmouth and Torquay (the latter particularly gay and interesting, from its beautiful scenery) took pla,rcaatin ago, when the Dolphin, of Cowes , the p r pe r i ,:, silve r ' Ras e; Y. Brown, R.N., bare away both the pr ile of C t o ll :es, and the Elie-s -heeting her opponents, the V: and Mr, C. Symonds in bath, the property of the Earl of 1, an! L it fr 3 3 tut t hat, a superior style ; and thete m etros to De not this vessel met with the i t a ir so t im er attnretYdile, g old y a ecatuhh t her apes and gear, she n ehe w r i ;ounded the re more distant goal first, b. b th u i t t s w l7 e a e g i n l a g t t ta b a a :n t e a l d w . 7 - eL l ' t i li re o e : e od n e ex t r th a ti l _ l le t w i l fin ° l l : flag. P 14171' IMY MARKETS—Crnss DAY-) (At per IJ' of 56 Plume) Sr'..,lil. MBSIL , 4 lOtat 10 viliviapoluSrad6wll": itr i t 4, 1 0 ° 0 11 7; tr r A l t a Y . .. . ...... ...... 1 a 11 0 n,...i r eate Hay a dull trade r.;;Wl.feadow Hay ..... 4 0 I 0 A 0 aver age supptY.and MITHveryFIELD. , at Saturday' s pr o e 4 k . Lowland Meadow Ilay,X3 oto 4 0 Clover Hay generally .14 oto 5 16 Uphold pitta .••. . ... .... 4 0 5 0 1)u. extraorilioary dna 0 0 6le nya.srasa Hay ..n•••••• 4 0 4 0 Ott Straw Nevr Meadow Flay .... Ilb 4 P Wheat Ditto Clover Hay from tw. to 10L Straw gs. to 35., per load lower than last quoted; prices of Meadow Hay stationary. Supply good, and trade very dull.